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Maurice Jones, all 5'7" of him, was the USC Trojans' biggest scoring threat last season. He was also the primary distributor. Doing all of that for a 6-26 team can make anyone weary.

At 13 points, 3.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game, all team-leading figures, Jones had to shoulder a heavy load with the loss of backcourt mate Jio Fontan to a knee injury. Highlights included a win over South Carolina in which Jones struck for 28 points, including a perfect night on seven three-point attempts. Three weeks later, he tore up TCU for 25 points and seven assists.

Unfortunately, the workload wore on Jones, and the losing wore on everyone else. Jones ended the season on a 21-for-81 (26 percent) shooting skid over his last seven games. It wasn't terribly worse than his 33 percent shooting for the season, but it was still pretty bad.

This season, Fontan is expected back and Wake Forest transfer J.T. Terrell may step in next to him. Jones could thrive in a sixth-man role, coming in to produce some instant offense. At least he'll have some help carrying the load for USC.